Wymeswold Parish Walk

5½km (3¼miles), allow Walk 3: 2 hours, across open countryside with interesting views Wymeswold This leaflet is one of a series produced to promote Follow directions for Walk 2 until point 6. For this circular walking throughout the county. You can obtain route cross the stile that is mentioned and continue others in the series by visiting your local library or Wymeswold keeping the hedge on the left. Soon turn right and Tourist Information Centre. You can also order them walk parallel to the hedge on the right. Turn right by phone or from our website. circular again to cross the field boundary and continue through Bottesford walks the next field with the hedge now on the left. Muston 3 Redmile 1 Cross two stiles then turn diagonally right aiming for 4¾kms/3 miles the far right hand corner of the next field. The tower of 2 4½kms/2¾ miles Wymeswold church soon comes into view. There are 3 5½kms/3¼ miles Wymeswold Scalford Hathern also wonderful views of the hills of Charnwood Forest Burton on the Wolds Thorpe Acre & Prestwold Asfordby in the distance. Barrow upon Soar Frisby li At the field corner turn left and take the path with Normanton le Heath Barkby the hedge on your right. Halfway across the next field, Ibstock Twyford Go through a hand gate and continue along the brook. by the electricity wires, turn right and walk down the Appleby Swepstone Anstey Hungarton Magna Groby Tilton & Lowesby Then walk diagonally up to another hand gate which field in line with the church tower. Continue diagonally Carlton Ratby Keyham Skeffington, joins the waymarked path on the other side of the left across the next field to reach the lane. Thurnby Rolleston & Tugby hedge. ii Burton Overy l Turn right and after 50m take the path on the right. Wistow Hallaton Narborough l3 Follow the path across the brook and up to a stile Head diagonally across the field aiming for the barns, Medbourne Burbage Kibworth in the field boundary. and return to the village. & Smeeton Westerby Laughton l4 Cross the stile and follow the waymarks left which For other Parish Walks try Barrow upon Soar or Ullesthorpe shortly direct you diagonally across the field to a stile Burton on the Wolds & Prestwold that can be seen on the horizon. l5 At the field boundary turn left and follow the Special thanks go to the Wymeswold Parish Plan Group and waymarks, ignoring a footpath to the left and a The routes are clearly marked with bold, yellow Walking Group who compiled the information in this leaflet. bridleway to the right. Cross the next field which has topped waymarker posts and waymarker discs with the Parish Walks symbol. Your Parish or Local Community Group may wish to produce evidence of ridge and furrow. a walking leaflet, please contact the Access Officer at County l6 At the stile, do not cross but turn around and head Hall for more information. to the stile to the left and cross it into an arable field. It is advisable to wear suitable footwear when walking. Walk across the field, passing a pond on the way. Walking - Be fit and well Stout shoes or walking boots are recommended. Walking is a form of excercise that is suitable and enjoyable l7 Cross the stile, a second field and a further double Some stretches of the route follow minor country roads. Beware for all ages. It’s a free and fun way for families and friends to of traffic approaching from both directions. If possible stay on the stile into a pasture. Follow the edge of the field with get fit together. Just 30 minutes of brisk walking on a daily verge, if not walk in single file on the right hand side of the road. the hedge on your right crossing another stile. Part basis can benefit your health and quality of life. Enjoy the walks, whilst observing the Countryside Code. way along this field edge the route crosses the brook so the hedge will now be on your left. Cross the stile into useful information: contact details: the next field. Access Officer, Community Services Department, County Hall. Buses: Service 8 from Loughborough to Grantham l8 Immediately after the next stile the path turns right Telephone: 0116 265 8160 Fax: 0116 265 7965 (Mon-Sat). Please confirm with Traveline: Minicom: 0116 265 7334 alongside newly planted trees and a planted field to a 0870 608 2 608 before travelling. email: [email protected] Website: www.leics.gov.uk/paths path which turns left between a hedge and a fenced www.wymeswold.com plantation. Refreshments: available from the Post Office, Granville’s Village Store, Three Crowns Public House, opposite the l9 Follow the path to the village and The Stockwell The information in this leaflet is available in other Church and Hammer & Pincers, East Road. back to the church. formats on request. E At the southern end of Storkitt Lane is a brick-built The attractive village of Wymeswold lies seven miles pound or ‘pinfold’. This is where stray animals were north-east of Loughborough, in a shallow valley in Wysall Lane Wysall kept until their owners came to pay a small fine. The the rolling area known as the Wolds. The village is bricks suggest it was built in the nineteenth century. a compact settlement built around the 14th century The gate is missing and the walls were of even height Storkit Lane Storkit Church, and several fine Georgian properties can be until an unfortunate ‘restoration’ in the 1990s. found in Far Street, and in Brook Street along the Mill banks of the River Mantle. lE Follow the track around the bend and continue to Cottage eventually reach Far Street. Turn left to return to the C P Parking in the village lanes may be difficult, but D church space is available after 10am at the Three Crowns opposite St. Mary’s Church, and behind the Village 4½km (2¾miles), allow Hall in Clay Street. Walk 2: 1½ hours, across quiet, B undulating countryside, rich in wildlife Rempstone Road Directions for all walks start from St. Mary’s Church l1 Walk through the churchyard, turn right on to Church Street and then left on to Brook Street. East Road Continue along Brook St. and out of the village until Three Hammer 4¾km (3miles), allow 1½ Crowns PH and Pincers you reach the beginning of Wymeswold Meadows PH hours, an interesting route Walk 1: along a woodland path, Nature Reserve on your right. Far St. A through open fields and back along a surfaced track. Look across to the fields north of Narrow Lane. In Church St. 1 Wymeswold lA Walk out of the village along East Road, passing the third and fourth centuries AD a Roman farmstead The Clay St. Clay the Hammer and Pincers public house on the left. stood here, sensibly situated on a south-facing slope P Stockwell Once past Manor Court, a private drive on the right, with easy access to the water of the River Mantle. Brook St. London Lane London join the woodland path which runs parallel to the busy l2 Go into the meadow and cross diagonally to the East Road. Ignore the footpath signed to the right and brook. Do not cross the brook, but follow it. 2 continue on the path through the trees until just before Narrow Lane reaching the road junction. Look to your left to see a Hoton Road ii 9 3 footpath sign on the other side of the main road. B Burton Lane Burton l Cross the road with care and follow this footpath 4 with the hedge on the left. At the top of the field, cross the boundary and bear left to continue. 8 lC Maintain the same direction across the fields with the church tower over to the left. Eventually you will 5 reach a lane. lD Cross the lane and take the right hand of the two signed footpaths (for a shorter walk take the left hand path). Follow the waymarks diagonally right across the 7 field, then the yard and another field. After the stile, i walk with the hedge on the right hand side. Near the field end cross the boundary, and continue with the hedge on the left to join a track. 6 This track is called Storkitt Lane. The curiously- 220m named Storkitt Lane is a corruption of ‘stall cot lane’. The word ‘cot’ gives the modern word ‘cottage’ but 240 yards previously referred to a simple shelter. This one (Approx Scale) clearly had stalls for livestock. 5½km (3¼miles), allow Walk 3: 2 hours, across open countryside with interesting views Wymeswold This leaflet is one of a series produced to promote Follow directions for Walk 2 until point 6. For this circular walking throughout the county. You can obtain route cross the stile that is mentioned and continue others in the series by visiting your local library or Wymeswold keeping the hedge on the left. Soon turn right and Tourist Information Centre. You can also order them walk parallel to the hedge on the right. Turn right by phone or from our website. circular again to cross the field boundary and continue through Bottesford walks the next field with the hedge now on the left. Muston 3 Redmile 1 Cross two stiles then turn diagonally right aiming for 4¾kms/3 miles the far right hand corner of the next field. The tower of 2 4½kms/2¾ miles Wymeswold church soon comes into view.

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